Meeting of the Subcommittee for Internal Market and Competition between EU and Serbia was held on 5 March in Brussels. On behalf of the European Commission, the meeting was chaired by Mr. Michael Miller, Head of the Department for Montenegro and Serbia in the EC Directorate General for Neighborhood and Enlargement Negotiations (DG NEAR). From the Serbian side, the meeting was chaired by Mr. Žarko Malinović, Acting Assistant Minister at the Ministry of Interior and Foreign Trade. Representatives of the Ministry of European Integration, Ministry of Finance and the Mission of the Republic of Serbia to the EU also attended the event. The meeting was held in a hybrid format, and numerous representatives of institutions of the Republic of Serbia, such as the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Economy, National Bank of Serbia and others participated via video conference.
The meeting was focused on the topics related to the internal market and competition and the level of compliance of the regulations of the Republic of Serbia with the EU law. These areas are also important for the implementation of the new Growth Plan for the Western Balkans, having in mind the process of the accelerated integration of the region and Serbia into the EU Single Market.